Most of what you’ll read here is life and fun, with episodes from my past, amusing and serious. But I have an unwelcome stranger lodged in my brain, as you’ll find if you explore my stories. Our destinies are interlocked, but its deadly presence reminds me every minute that each day of life is a miracle. This is my space to reflect on life, and an interactive area where we can share our experiences freely. Without you, this blog has no reason for existence. Carpe Diem!

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No-one needs to know all this stuff in any great detail, really. It's dragged from my final CV when I retired from teaching and research at the University of New England in 2007.

Unless you want all these details listed below, the main point is that I've published books, articles and papers in Asian history, religions and culture, modern Asian politics and societies, gender studies, women and work, trafficking women and children across Asia, and child labour. The country I have lived in [excluding Australia] and studied most closely is Bangladesh.

My Ph D was written on the emergence of Bangladesh. My MA was on India-Pakistan Relations, and Honours theses were on the Kashmir Dispute and the origins of Pakistan.

Marika Vicziany and Denis Wright (eds), Bangladesh, Democracy and Development (Clayton, Vic: National Centre for South Asian Studies and Monash Asia Institute, 2001)

Conference Papers

"The Trafficking of Women and Children in South Asia." Paper presented to the International Conference, Migrant Labour in Southeast Asia: Needed, Not Wanted, 1-3 December 2003. Faculty of Economics, Business and Law, The University of New England, Armidale.

“Child Labour and Labour Standards in Bangladesh.” Paper presented to the International Conference, Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Asia: Should Labour and Environmental Standards be Part of the Equation? The Case of Bangladesh, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop 3-4 October 2002.

"Bangladesh and the BJP," Paper presented to the International Conference, Governance in India: the Role of the BJP, Perth, 7-9 February 2002.

“Women in the Industrial Sector in Bangladesh.” Paper presented to the Dhaka University Sociology Research Seminar Series, Bangladesh, 20 January, 2001.

“Women in the Informal Sector in Asia.” Paper presented to the Institute for Development Studies, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27 January 2001.

"The Garment Manufacturing Sector and the Role of Women Workers." Paper presented to the Centre for Women and Children Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh) 25 January 2001.

"Creating a South Asian Meta-Database for SouthAsiaNet," Perth 7 February 2002.

"Industrialisation and the Changing Role of Women in Bangladesh", Armidale, Women in Asia International Workshop, 12 October, 2000.

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Former historian in Asian studies, comparative religions, movie-maker and observer of the world as we have changed it. I’m now dealing with a GBM (4): the most aggressive form of brain tumour. It should have got me months/years ago, but we’ve fought it and I’m still here! I aim to use this experience to try to illuminate life as well as demystify the journey. Twitter: @deniswright